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Bandar Seri
Begawan – A Revolutionary $5.9 million information
technology project embarked upon by the Ministry of Education will soon
make students in Brunei
schools wired.
More than 2,000 laptops will be distributed to both primary and secondary
schools as part of the agreement as schools will enjoy portable and mobile
teaching aids expected to be in place in five months’ time.
The project called Mobitel was initiated with a
signing ceremony for the supply, delivery, installation, testing,
commissioning and maintenance or related hardware and software for mobile
teaching and learning in government primary and secondary schools between
the Ministry of Education and AV Electronics Pte
Ltd at the Business Centre of the Empire Hotel and Country Club yesterday.
Dyg Hjh Norjum binti Hj Yusop, Deputy Permanent
Secretary (Corporate Services) at the Ministry of Education was present at
the ceremony.
Dyg Hjh Aishah binti Hj Md Hussain,
Acting Director of Schools, Ministry of Education, who spoke during the
event said, “The total number of laptops to be distributed to school is
2,135 and the total cost of the whole project which includes hardware,
software, training and maintenance is B$5.9 million.”
Laptops, which can be carried anywhere within the schools premises, will
not limit teaching and learning to computer labs or classrooms only, hence
the name “Mobile Teaching and Learning”.
These laptops are also networked wirelessly, unlike the present desktop
computers in labs that are connected using cables. Also, once the School
Network Infrastructure (SNI) project is already, these laptops can be used
by teachers and students to access the Internet from anywhere within the
school premises.
“Computers are used in education to enhance the teaching and learning
processes. I hope teachers and students will be able to benefit from these
new facilities by using them wisely,” added Dyg Hjh Aishah.
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